{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-safety-and-load-line-conventions-act-1932/schedule-FIRST/part-Chapter/II./Construction/chapter-Article/7/crossheading-construction-testing-c",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-safety-and-load-line-conventions-act-1932/schedule-FIRST/part-Chapter/II./Construction/chapter-Article/7/crossheading-construction-testing-c.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/22-23/9",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping (Safety And Load Line Conventions) Act 1932",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-safety-and-load-line-conventions-act-1932",
  "path": "schedule/FIRST/part/Chapter/II./Construction/chapter/Article/7/crossheading/construction-testing-c",
  "kind": "crossheading",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Construction, Testing, &c.",
  "text": "Regulations VIII to XIII and XV to XXI prescribe rules for—\n(a) the construction and testing of subdivision bulkheads, inner bottoms, watertight decks, trunks, ventilators, fire-resisting bulkheads, &c.;\n(b) the conditions governing openings in bulkheads, in the ship’s sides and in the weather deck, and the character and use of means which shall be provided for closing these openings;\n(c) the tests and the periodical inspections and operation of the means of closing openings in bulkheads and in the ship’s side;\n(d) exits from watertight compartments;\n(e) pumping arrangements; and\n(f) power for going astern and auxiliary steering apparatus.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/22-23/9/schedule/FIRST/part/Chapter/II./Construction/chapter/Article/7/crossheading/construction-testing-c",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:38:08.703628+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}